Category Archives: RCL

Issue Brief: Abolishing Standardized Testing

Making The Case for the Abolishment of Standardized Testing In the first week of March, Collegeboard, the organization responsible for the creation and distribution the standardized test known as the SAT, announced a fundamental rethinking and subsequent reorganization of the … Continue reading

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Civic Issues: Realigning the SAT

For those of you that may have forgotten, my previous Civic Issues blog focused on the faults within the standardized testing system, focusing specifically on the SAT and how it does not accurately encompass the academic fields in which high … Continue reading

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Deliberation Notes

Deliberation Notes for Day 1 and 2 Option 1: Engineering and science majors may think that gen eds and classes that do not cater to their specific field of education should not be forced upon them to take On the … Continue reading

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The Purpose of Higher Education

For me, personally, I think there is a lot to be said about the purpose of higher education. Last week in Econ, we learned about direct benefits. Essentially, my economics professors spent the whole class trying to decide whether or … Continue reading

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Civic Issues Blog: The Cause and Effect of Getting Good Grades

One of the things that is a constant topic of conversation at the Shelton Family dinner table is grades. Whether it be middle school, high school, or colligate level, conversations about education are almost always started with “How do you … Continue reading

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This I Believe: Rough Draft

I Believe in Photographs             Harry Potter, named years ago by little brother for the convenient scratch in the middle of its display screen, is the name of my camera. I never go anywhere without him, and I never stop … Continue reading

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Blog Topic Decisions

After reading what everyone had to say in response to my blog topics, I have decided to go with the following for my passion blog as well as my civic issues blog topics: For my passion blog, I will write … Continue reading

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This I Believe and Civic Issues Blog Ideas

As I wrote a “This I Believe” piece in high school, I would really like to branch away from the ideas I used for that piece, and think of entirely new beliefs to share with my class. Two ideas that … Continue reading

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TED Talk Evaluation

Link to my TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rwKWJZOd8 Writing and performing a TED Talk was a challenge to say the least. I’ve always felt confident about public speaking, as I’m a very outgoing person in general, but knowing that I would not … Continue reading

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RCL: TED Talk on Obesity

Opener: As we move day by day into what’s known as the modern era, a lot of problems in our society become more prevalent. One of the biggest issues that experts and civilians alike have been looking seeking to solve … Continue reading

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